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December 9, 2020

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When Will Medical Schools Give You an Answer?

When will medical schools give you an answer?

We are often asked: How long does a medical school have to invite an applicant to submit a secondary application? (Go there) How long does a medical school have to respond and either invite the applicant to an interview, or say thanks, but no thanks? (Go there) The fact is that there’s no rule governing… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / after you submit med, med letters of interest, Med Video Tips, Medical School Interview

July 12, 2020

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Secondary Strategy: Why Do You Want to Go Here?

Secondary Strategy: Why Do You Want To Go Here?

One of the most popular secondary questions asked by medical schools is “why our program?” Saying why you’re attracted to a particular school can be a hard thing to explain, especially when you’ve looked at so many programs that they’ve all begun to blur. I think that’s why I so often see the same answer:… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / secondary essays

July 5, 2020

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First Drafts of Personal Statements: Let Yourself Go

First Drafts of Personal Statements: Let Yourself Go!

Writing the first draft of your personal statement is probably the hardest part of the whole application process. And it makes sense – it’s not easy to capture so much of your experience onto a single page. Transforming your first draft from just OK to simply spectacular I’ve read hundreds of first drafts over the… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Admissions Consulting, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / college application essays, grad application essays, law application essays, mba application essays, med application essays

June 22, 2020

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8 To-Dos for Canadians Applying to U.S. Med Schools

8 To-Do's for Canadians Applying to U.S. Medical Schools

Each year, Canadian medical school hopefuls look across the border for their medical education. While there are obvious challenges (adapting to a different health care system, returning to a Canadian residency, and much higher education costs), the higher acceptance rates at U.S. programs (about 41.9% overall, as compared to just 20% in Canada) can make… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / Alpert Medical School, Baylor, Boston University Medical School, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Columbia Medical School, Dartmouth Geisel Med School, duke university medical school, George Washington School of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Harvard Law School, Icahn SOM, international student, Johns Hopkins Medical School, MD/PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, New York Medical College, Non-Traditional Med School Applicants, Northwestern Feinberg, osteopathic med school, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, rutgers medical school, Stanford University School of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Tufts University School of Medicine, U of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Weill Cornell

May 20, 2020

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The Medical School Application “Deadline”

The med school application deadline

In just a few days, many of you will want to submit your medical school application. You’ve probably heard that you need to submit on the first day possible – May 28, 2020 – if you want your best shot. But just how true is that? Medical school admissions myth vs. reality It is true… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / AMCAS, deadlines, when to apply to med school

May 13, 2020

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Get a Head Start on Your Med School Secondaries

Get a Head Start on Your Secondaries

Right now, most premeds are counting down the days until May 28th, when the 2021 AMCAS application will open. After you put the final touches on your application and click “submit,” how do you plan to spend your time? Rewatching all nine seasons of The Office on Netflix Perfecting your indoor hoops game Finishing that… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / secondary essays

February 19, 2020

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AAMC Traffic Rules: How to Use the Choose Your Medical School Tool

How to use the Choose Your Medical School tool

Sometimes the application season seems to stretch on forever. Especially at this time of year, as “hold” lists grow longer and waitlists stubbornly refuse to move, the wait can feel interminable. AMCAS’ new Choose Your Medical School Tool is designed to give this process a nudge. The idea is that as applicants confirm or release… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / AAMC, after you submit med, AMCAS, med waitlist

December 1, 2019

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Med School Applications Kick Off: Ten Tips to Get You Through the Season

Med School Applications Kick Off

Medical school hopefuls are getting ready to work on those applications. This can be a hectic time as you try to stay on top of everything. Here are ten tips to help you hit the ground running: Get cozy with the AMCAS/AACOMAS. These two services – the American Medical Colleges Application Service (AMCAS) and the… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / AACOMAS, AMCAS, TMDSAS

September 25, 2019

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M3 Journaling: How to Do it and How it Can Help Your Residency Application

M3 Journaling How it Can Help Your Residency Application

What are you doing to prepare for the residency match? Chances are, you’re up to your eyeballs with rotations and exams and everything else that goes into finishing your medical degree. Chances are, you’re really not thinking much about your personal statement. Keep a journal…starting NOW Not to sound like a Bowflex commercial, but what… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / during med school, residency

May 31, 2019

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Tips for Applicants With a Low MCAT Score

Tips for Applicants with Low MCAT Score

Medical school applicants (or any other professional school applicant) must assess their credentials realistically to present themselves in the best possible way during the application process. Since applicants are evaluated based on specific quantitative criteria (primarily undergraduate GPA and MCAT scores) and non-quantitative criteria (research and clinical exposure, leadership skills, mentoring experiences), as well as… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / MCAT, med low stats

March 20, 2019

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How to Improve and Present Your Experiences for Your Med School Reapplication

Reapplying to Medical School: How to Improve and Present Your Experiences

In the final section of our Medical School Reapplicant Advice: 6 Tips for Success series, we’ll discuss how reapplicants should improve, and then present, their experiences. One last factor that can seriously hurt your chances is a lack of substantive, ongoing experiences. Medical schools want students who are passionate and committed – to the world… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / Medical School Reapplicant Advice: 6 Tips for Success, Medical school reapplication, premed activities

March 14, 2019

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Improve Your MCAT Score for Medical School Acceptance

Reapplying to Medical School How to Improve Your MCAT Score

Fortunately, it’s easier to tackle a poor MCAT score than a poor GPA. While you should not retake the exam too many times, a better-prepared second or possibly third attempt can be a sound strategy. Many people find that studying independently or with a group of friends works well. Reviewing your old class notes and… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / MCAT, med low stats, Medical School Reapplicant Advice: 6 Tips for Success, Medical school reapplication, optimize your med admissions profile

November 7, 2019

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Boost Your GPA for Medical School Acceptance

Reapplying to Medical School How to Boost Your GPA

In our last post, we talked about how to best present yourself in your secondaries and interviews. Today we’ll move forward and discuss ways to boost your GPA, another important feature of your med school application profile. Feeling a bit fragile after those intense last few blog posts? That’s to be expected – you’ve just… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / med low stats, Medical School Reapplicant Advice: 6 Tips for Success, Medical school reapplication

November 7, 2019

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Reapplying to Medical School: Secondaries, Interviews, School Selection & Application Timing

Reapplying to Medical School: Secondaries, Interviews, School Selection & Application Timing

With the multi-staged admissions process, applicants can make an impact at each step – or be weeded out. Your assessment continues by looking at other ways you communicated with the admissions committee, and whether or not they helped you past the next hurdle. Secondaries Your secondary essays go beyond the initial introduction and flesh out your application…. 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / Medical School Reapplicant Advice: 6 Tips for Success, Medical school reapplication, medical school rejection

November 7, 2019

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Reapplying to Med School: Your Primary Application

Reapplying to Medical School Your Primary Application

The next part of your assessment will examine how you presented yourself to the admissions committees. (You can review part 1 of your assessment in our earlier post, Reapplying to Med School: Evaluating Your Medical School Profile.) Keep in mind that this part of your application is necessarily subjective – there are often no right… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / Medical School Reapplicant Advice: 6 Tips for Success, Medical school reapplication

November 7, 2019

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Reapplying to Med School: Evaluating Your Medical School Profile

Reapplying to medical school? Learn how to evaluate your profile!

You knew there was a possibility that this would happen, but that doesn’t erase the sting. What can you do now? How can you move forward? What should you do if all you’ve received are rejections? To start with, know you’re not alone. Last year (2018-2019), only 40.9% of allopathic applicants made the cut. Osteopathic… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / Medical School Reapplicant Advice: 6 Tips for Success, Medical school reapplication, medical school rejection

June 15, 2018

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Med School Admissions: Challenges and Solutions for Older Applicants

Med school admissions challenges and solutions for older applicants

“You’re going back to medical school? Why would you do that? Are you crazy?” Hopefully most people won’t react so strongly to your decision, but the question is probably still on their minds. And similar reservations are bound to pop into the heads of medical school admissions committee members reviewing your application. While the experiences… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / Non-Traditional Med School Applicants, weakness

June 11, 2018

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Can You Submit Your AMCAS Application BEFORE Taking the MCAT?

Can you submit your AMCAS application before taking the MCAT

It’s risky to apply to med school before taking or retaking the MCAT for a few reasons: 1. Applying to med school is expensive and time intensive. It’s hard to know where you might be a competitive applicant if you don’t know how your scores compare to other students at a school. Your practice scores… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / AMCAS, MCAT

March 27, 2019

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6 Tips to Improve Your AMCAS Application Activities Section

6 Tips to Improve Your AMCAS Application Activities Section

It’s almost summer, and for me that means barbecues on the deck, specifically with the company of friends. I was recently enjoying a cook-out at one friend’s home in particular, and gracious as my hosts were, I felt a bit daunted by the huge piece of steak that filled my plate, accompanied by a small… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions

December 18, 2018

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Early Decision for Medical School: Does It Make Sense For You?

Early decision for medical school does it make sense for you

Do you have a dream school, the one place where you’ve always wanted to study medicine, and no other place will do? Do you have a compelling reason for this one program, maybe a spouse whose job requires them to be in this location or your only living family member is in the area? Or… 

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Article by Cydney Foote / Medical School Admissions / early decision, when to apply to med school

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